Wall construction



M 1 W H. H. mumsom WALL CONSTRUCTION Original Filed April '7, 1938Patented Apr. 8, 1941 UNITED STATES FATE.

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WALL CONSTRUCTION Harry H. Burson, Chicago, IlL, assignor to Norman ;C.Spong, Chicago, Ill.

3 Claims. (EL zit-11) The present invention is directed to the meansprovided for securing and uniting a section of a wall to a door buck,window casing, or similar structural element, by the employment of clipswhich not only afford means for the attachment of surfacing elementssuch as wall board sections or the like, but also serve to positivelyattach the wall sections to the door buck or the like.

Further objects and details will appear from the description of theinvention in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure1 is a perspective View of a clip of the type employed in the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of a door buck showing the clip securedthereto with wall board sections fitted in position; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view with the wall board sections omitted forpurposes of clarity.

The clip comprises a body portion H] which is provided with an inwardlyextending slot I l adapted to embrace a channel shaped studding l2located in adjacent relation to a door buck I3 which is rabbeted toafford shoulders 14 to which the clip is secured in a manner presentlyto be described.

The unslotted end of the body ll) terminates in a transversely extendingchannel forming sec tion l5 provided at one end with a downturnedattaching tongue l6 having a nailing aperture ll.

The tongue l6 cooperates with a tongue [8 on the opposite edge of thechannel forming section to afford a downwardly opening channel for thereception of the edge of a wall board section.

The opposite or slotted end of the body ID is provided with a similarchannel forming section l9 having similarly formed tongues, and it willbe noted that the attaching tongues 16 occupy an inwardly opposedrelation to one another and are properly spaced to abut againstoppositely facing shoulders M on the door buck to which the tongues itare secured by nails 20. The tongues l6 are slightly longer than thecompanion tongues I8 and the nailing apertures are so located as toafford sufficient clearance for nailing without interference from thetongues [8 which occupy the outermost positions.

The channel forming sections l5 and I9 have upwardly projecting innertongues 2| which coact with similarly formed tongues 22 on the outwardlyextending channel forming sections 23 I v that oppositely facingchannels are provided on each side of the channel forming sections. Onits outer side the channel forming sections are connected by a bridgebar 21', the inner side of the clip, however, being open to closelyembrace the rabbeted face of the door buck and bring the attachingtongues into lateral contact with the shoulders thereon.

In use the clip is positioned to bring the tongues It into closeabutment with the shouldered faces of the door buck and nailed inposition, after which wall board sections 23 are socketed within theupper and lower channels, or if the clip is to be used at the base of adoor buck or the like the downwardly opening channel forming elementsmay be omitted. The wall structure is completed by facings 28 of plasteror similar surfacing material, and the door frame is completed by facingstrips 3!] which overlap the joint between the surface finish and thedoor buck.

The clip shown in Fig. 2 differs slightly from that shown in Fig. 1, inthat in place of the slot II the body of the clip on its open side isprovided with a recess 3| in the side of the body Ill instead of a slotextending inwardly from one end thereof. In other respects, however, theconstruction is the same as that first described.

In use the clip is applied to the studding l2 either by slipping it inedgewise of the stud as in the clip of Fig. l, or against the lateralface thereof as in the clip of Fig. 2. In either event the clip fitssnugly around the buck, which is properly spaced to bring the tongues itinto overlapping relation with the shouldered face of the door buck, sothat nails may be driven through the apertures ll, which thus firmlyunites the clip to the door buck and also serves to hold and anchor thestudding l 2 in properly spaced relation to the door buck.

Thereafter the wall board sections are entered into the channelsailorded for their reception and in position to bring their inner edgesinto close relation to the rabbeted or shouldered face of the door buck,and after the wall board sections have been thus positioned the wall isfinished by giving it a plaster surface and the final trim whichoverlaps the joint.

By providing the clip with apertured nailing tongues of the characterdescribed, it enables the clip to be employed as a connection with thedoor buck or similar structural element, without, however, in any wayinterfering with its capacity to serve as a clip for use in positionsdistantly removed from the door buck and at points where it isunnecessary to utilize the attaching features.

I claim:

1. In combination with a door buck or the like having a shouldered face,a clip provided with a body portion apertured to embrace a studding, astudding standing in spaced relation to the door buck and extendingthrough the body of the clip, channel forming members on each side ofthe body and each provided with tongues adapted to afford channels andalso provided with an apertured attaching tongue abutting against theadjacent face of the shouldered door buck, an attaching device enteredthrough each of said apertured tongues, and wall boar-d sectionssocketed within the channels.

2. In combination with a door buck or the like having a shouldered faceand a studding standing in spaced relation to the door buck, a clipprovided with a body portion apertured to embrace the studding and thebody portion on each side being provided with a channel forming memberhaving channel forming tongues struck upwardly and downwardly from theedges thereof to afford oppositely facing channels and having a terminalapertured attaching tongue abutting against the adjacent face of thedoor buck shoulder, an attaching device entered through each of theattaching tongues, and wall board sections socketed within theoppositely facing channels on each side of the clip body.

3. In combination with a door buck or the like having a shouldered face,a clip provided with a body portion apertured to receive a studding, astudding standing in spaced relation to the door buck and extendingthrough the body of the clip, the clip body portion having a channelforming member on at least one side of the door buck and a spacedcompanion member on the opposite side of the door buck, said membersembracing the shouldered face of the door buck and each being providedwith an attaching tongue abutting against the side of the adjacentshouldered face, an attaching device entered through each of saidapertured tongues, and a wall board section socketed Within the channel.

HARRY H. BURSON.

